Peltor Tactical 6S Review
Jay has a review of the hearing protection I linked to a bit back. Only issue I’ve had with them is changing the batteries is a pain.
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December 29th, 2011 at 10:46 am
Don’t drop them on a hard surface. I did that a Blackwater and the left side quit working. A year or so later, the right side started eating batteries whether it was on or off.
December 29th, 2011 at 11:23 am
The other problem I have had is that the sweat from my ears over time shorts out the ciruit board.
December 29th, 2011 at 12:18 pm
I liked the Peltor 6S but had pretty much the same problems. Changing batteries is a pain and the design allows moisture from perspiration direct access to the electronics (and I am VERY good at sweating.) I just got a pair of Howard Leight R-01526 Impact Sport Electronic Earmuffs from Amazon and the design looks much better…the battery compartment is really easy to access and the electronics seem to be better isolated from possible moisture incursion. I also like the volume controls better and the microphones look like they’ll stand up better than the foam covered ones on the Peltors. They’ll get their first tryout during SHOT Media Day and then around March/April they when we start running our first subgun matches in almost a decade and since I’ll be helping with scoring, shooting the matches (badly), and generally being an all around gopher there will be plenty of sweat coming of my fat ass!
December 29th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
“changing the batteries is a pain.”
I bought a set. I give it 3 battery changes before the plastic outer cup splits/breaks taking it apart or putting it back together.
Idiotic design.
December 29th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I’ve probably changed batteries about six or eight times in mine, they’re still holding together but the physical design-engineering does seem close to inadequate.
It’s the consumption rate (besides the on/off switch) that’s disturbing, and I think that belongs to circuit design.